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Bryotropha plantariella

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Species of moth

Bryotropha plantariella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Bryotropha
Species: B. plantariella
Binomial name
Bryotropha plantariella
(Tengström, 1848)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia plantariella Tengström, 1848
  • Gelechia cinerosella Tengström, 1848
  • Gelechia serrulatella Tengström, 1848
  • Bryotropha brevipalpella Rebel, 1893

Bryotropha plantariella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Norway, Sweden, Finland, north-eastern Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Belarus, Russia (including Siberia) and North America. Records from Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia need confirmation.

The wingspan is 11–13 mm for males and 11–12 mm for females. Adults have been recorded on wing from May to July.

The larvae possibly feed on Sphagnum species.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Karsholt, Ole & Twan Rutten, 2005, the genus Bryotropha Heinemann in the western palaearctic (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 148: 77-207. Abstract and full article:
Taxon identifiers
Bryotropha plantariella


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